Death toll of Israel's military operation in Gaza rises to 77

World July 10, 2014, 13:46

A five-year-old child was among the killed

TEL AVIV, July 10. A five-year-old child was killed in the Gaza Strip Thursday in an airstrike by Israeli Air Force, report local media citing a representative of Gaza medical services. The first 58 hours of Israeli airstrikes resulted in 77 killed and 550 wounded in the Gaza Strip.

On Tuesday - the first day of Operation Protective Edge in Gaza - Israeli combat aircraft and Navy delivered 430 strikes on terrorists’ infrastructure facilities in the Palestinian enclave. Most of the hit targets are rocket launchers, used by the militants for firing rockets on Israel, the army said.

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